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Drought Updates

Weather Report – March 2018

We continue to have an above-average snow year, with the current levels in Mission Creek approaching the peak multi-year average amount for late-April. This means … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Featured, Recently Added Tags Drought Update, weather report

Weather Report – February 2018

The Mission Creek and Brenda Mines snow pillows have mostly tracked the historical averages for snow-water, but were boosted by all the January precipitation. It’s … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Featured, Recently Added Tags Brenda Mines Snow Pillow, Mission Creek Snow Pillow, weather, weather report

Okanagan Drought Bulletin 2 – September 1, 2017

OKANAGAN ESCALATES TO DROUGHT LEVEL 3 The B.C. Government has declared a Level 3 drought rating for the Okanagan. It’s a year of extremes in … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Featured, Media Releases, Recently Added Tags Drought Level Three, Drought Update

Okanagan Drought Bulletin 1 – August 22, 2017

OKANAGAN IN DROUGHT LEVEL 2 There has been some confusion recently regarding what drought level the Province of B.C. has declared for the Okanagan. While … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Featured, Media Releases, Recently Added Tags Drought Update, weather report

Update #7 – August 2017

Flood Review The City of West Kelowna, and the Regional District of Central Okanagan have called on the B.C. Minister of FLNRORD to review all … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Media Releases, Recently Added Tags Drought Update, weather report

Update #6 – June 2017

Weather Report The following forecast is from Accuweather (http://tinyurl.com/y8tmvkuj), which is in line with Environment Canada (https://weather.gc.ca/saisons/prob_e.html). British Columbia: Summer is expected to be drier … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Media Releases, Recently Added Tags Drought Update, weather report

Okanagan snow survey highlights

Okanagan Snow Pack: 151% normal Streamflow: Extreme flow and flood levels Flood risk expected to remain elevated over next one to two weeks. Current advisories, … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Featured, Recently Added Tags flood risk, snow levels, snowpack, streamflow

Update #5 – May 2017

Weather Update Okanagan snow packs are now above average. All indications are that we should expect a relatively “normal” or average water year, although there … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Media Releases, Recently Added Tags Drought Update, weather report

Update #4 – April 2017

Weather update Okanagan snow packs are still slightly below average. As of March 22, the Mission Creek and Brenda Mines snow pillows were 80% of … Read more

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Update #3 – March 2017

Okanagan snow packs are still slightly below average. As of March 22, the Mission Creek and Brenda Mines snow pillows were 80% of normal. All … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Recently Added Tags Drought Update, weather report

Update #2 – February 2017

Okanagan snow packs are below average. As of February 15, the Mission Creek snow pillow was 72% of normal, and Brenda Mines was 71% of … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Recently Added Tags Drought Update, weather report, weather update

Update #1 – January 2017

Okanagan snow packs are below average. As of January 22, the Mission Creek snow pillow was 70% of normal, and Brenda Mines was 64% of … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Recently Added Tags Drought Update, weather report, weather update

Update #5 – December 2016

    National Weather Service (US) predicts below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=3

Categories Drought Updates, Recently Added Tags Brenda Mines Snow Pillow, Drought Update, Mission Creek Snow Pillow, weather report

Update #4 – November 2016

There haven’t been any recent long-term precipitation forecasts from Environment Canada, but the temperature forecast looks like it will be a warm start to winter … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Recently Added Tags Drought Update, snowfall, weather report

Update #3 – September 28

Highlights from Environment Canada September weather bulletin Following a record warm spring, summer 2016 was much closer to normal in terms of temperature with most … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Featured Tags Drought Update

Update #2 – June 29, 2016

July Weather Report Comparison with 2015: This year had a much more generous snow pack, but both years had a much earlier snowmelt than average. … Read more

Categories Drought Updates, Featured Tags Drought Update, July weather report

Update #1 – June 1, 2016

June Weather Report Provincial River Outlook – Issued: May 27, 2016 3:00PM “Weather over the past week has been dominated by low pressure systems with … Read more

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OBWB Drought Update #11

Dear Okanagan local governments and water utilities, Drought Level Three Since my last update, the Okanagan has been scaled back to Drought Level Three, with … Read more

Categories Drought Updates Tags drought, Drought Level Three, Drought Update

OBWB Drought Update #10

Dear Okanagan local governments and water utilities, Are we still in Level 4 drought? Yes, we are. The River Forecast Centre and the Ministry of … Read more

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OBWB Drought Update #9

Dear Okanagan Local Governments and Water Utilities, I’ll be continuing these general drought updates for the remainder of the season. The province is now also … Read more

Categories Drought Updates Tags drought, International Joint Commission, Okanagan Lake levels, Osoyoos Lake levels, Water Conservation

OBWB Drought Update #8

Dear Okanagan Local Governments and Water Purveyors, Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday for our drought workshop in Kelowna. It was terrific to have … Read more

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OBWB Drought Update #7

Dear Okanagan Local Governments and Water Purveyors, This is just going to be a short update on Okanagan drought response, to an expanded list of … Read more

Categories Drought Updates Tags drought, Drought Update

OBWB Drought Update #6

Dear Okanagan Local Governments and Water Purveyors, Bottom-line news As of today, the Okanagan Basin is officially in Drought Level 4.  There is no Level … Read more

Categories Drought Updates Tags drought, Drought Update

OBWB Drought Update #5

Dear Okanagan Local Governments and Water Purveyors, Thanks to everyone who tuned in to our webinar on Monday. We had a record turnout. The slides … Read more

Categories Drought Updates Tags drought, Drought Update

OBWB Drought Update #4

Dear Okanagan Local Governments and Water Purveyors, Since my last update, a Level 4 drought has been declared for the Nicola. The Okanagan, the Kettle, … Read more

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